Welcome to Smogon! This is the forum where basically... everything about Smogon is found. That includes a place to introduce yourself (so fitting into the community is easier!)
The purpose of this thread is so you can introduce yourself, you can get chatting with older Smogoners (and other new Smogoners, like yourself) and hopefully form a few friendships from this too.
Also, new users that want to chat with other fellow new users outside of this thread should use http://spo.ink/sihc and follow the prompts! A few regulars will hang out there too in case you have any questions about this place.
IMPORTANT THINGS
You can post as much as you want in this thread.
The cool thing is now you can introduce yourself, and if someone wants to know a bit more about you, they'll send you a reply here, and you can essentially hang out here at first. Once you feel familiar with someone, you can take the conversation to private message or visitor message. Obviously if things go a little too off-topic we'll suggest you take it privately, but while you're getting started here this is your hangout!
Only new users should introduce themselves, but older returning members can introduce themselves as well.
While only relatively new users (or returning members) can introduce themselves, we'd love it if our older members and mentors greeted people in the thread here and replied to their posts.
Finally, please don't post more than once in a row, thanks!
FIND POSTING HERE REALLY AWKWARD???
If you find posting in this thread really awkward and don't know what to say, here's a few things you can discuss that can break the ice.
- Your favourite Pokemon
- Are you on PS?
- What you plan to do here
- Things you might need help with
- A little background info about you in real life, if you're ok with sharing that
- Favourite Pokemon games
And so on. This thread just helps us get to know you a little better, and helps you feel a little less intimidated suddenly jumping into other areas where people may not be as nice as they are here (and if that's the case, this can be your Smogon happy place!)
OTHER
If you have the time, please do reply to
'What brought you to Smogon?'. We're interested in knowing what exactly brought you here!
On another note if you need help around here, you can
use the Help form!
Final note: You can obtain a badge from helping out here. If you contribute solid welcome posts for a six month period you could be nominated for pre-contributor! However said posts need to not be c/p posts, I can tell the difference between someone genuinely helping out and someone who just wants a badge. Thanks to all the welcome team though you guys are awesome!